WLNS-TV screenshotAndrew David Thompson will stand trial on 10 counts of animal killing and one misdemeanor count of animal cruelty. He will also stand trial in connection with the killings of three dogs that authorities say took place in East Lansing.

A former Michigan State University medical student will stand trial on 10 counts of animal killing and one misdemeanor count of animal cruelty, the Lansing State Journal reports.

Andrew David Thompson, a 24-year-old former MSU osteopathic medicine student, told an Ingham County Animal Control deputy that he killed a dozen dogs over the course of several months in the past year, according to testimony Thursday in his preliminary hearing at 55th District Court.

Authorities allege Thompson killed dogs -- all small Italian greyhounds -- while he lived at apartment in Okemos. He has also been ordered to stand trial in connection with the killings of three dogs that authorities say took place in East Lansing, according to the Lansing State Journal.

Thompson was suspended by MSU's College of Osteopathic Medicine on June 23, a day before charges against him were authorized.